ActionAtADistance

A socket based Javascript screen scraping NodeJS module.

Use Socket.io to drive CasperJS. Execute Javascript in a non-local page, and return nodes and parse them locally.

Install

Prerequisites (same as SpookyJS)

• Node.js
• PhantomJS
• CasperJS## Demos

Includes demos built with Yeoman Express-Stack and AngularJS. To run the demos:

1. Install Yeoman Express-Stack
   1. git clone https://github.com/egonz/action-at-a-distance.git; cd $_
   2. npm install
   3. yeomen server

Live Query ChangeLog

1.1.1

• Compatibility fix with 1.4.1 (thanks)
• Updated README

1.1

• Updated to better integrate with jQuery 1.3 (no longer supports jQuery < 1.3)

1.0.3

• LiveQueries are run as soon as they are created to avoid potential flash of content issues

1.0.2

• Updated to work with jQuery 1.2.2

1.0.1

• Added removeAttr, toggleClass, emtpy and remove to the list of registered core DOM manipulation methods
• Removed setInterval in favor of on-demand setTimeout
• Calling livequery with the same arguments (function references), restarts the existing Live Query instead of creating a new one